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Vikings test themselves at home invite
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Vikings will be battle tested come
tournament time.
The Lakewood varsity volleyball team fell
in the semifinals of its own Lakewood
Invitational Saturday, 25-23, 25-19 against
Forest Hills Northern. The Huskies came into
the weekend ranked ninth in the state in
Division 1.
The Vikings were 2-2 for the day. They
scored a 25-21, 25-11 win over Harper Creek
and a 26-24, 25-8 win over Plymouth
Christian in pool play, while also falling
25-21, 25-23 to Lowell in pool play.
Forest Hills Northern, powered by junior
outside hitter Kennedy Louisell who
Lakewood head coach Cam Rowland called
one of the top five outside hitters in the state,
went on to win the tournament championship
with a 25-16, 25-17 victory over Caledonia in
the final. Caledonia had knocked off Lowell
in its semifinal match-up.
Maradith O’Gorman had 48 kills to lead
Lakewood’s attack at the tournament, while
adding 32 digs and two blocks. Skylar Bump
had 14 kills, a team-high nine aces and 33 digs.
Libero Carley Piercefield recorded 50 digs.
Freshman setter Abby Pickard had 36 assists.
Ellie Possehn had a team-high three blocks.
Lakewood also got six kills from Zayda
Kruger and five each from Tori Wickerink
and Alivia Everitt. Piercefield had ten assists.
Paige Wolverton and Piercefield added for
aces each and Alli Pickard had three.
Alli Pickard chipped in 20 digs and Abby
Pickard had 12. Wickerink contributed two
blocks.
Lakewood finished off a perfect 6-0 season
of Greater Lansing Activities Conference
duals with a 25-7, 25-7, 25-7 win at Leslie
Tuesday evening, and the Vikings will host the
GLAC Championship Tournament Oct. 23.
O’Gorman led the Vikings with seven kills
Tuesday. Abby Pickard had 11 assists and
Bump nine, with Bailey Fifelski chipping in
five. Alli Pickard had a team-high six aces,
with Bump adding five and O’Gorman, Fifelski,
Wolverton and Abby Pickard three each.
Piercefield had ten digs and Wickerink two
blocks to lead the Viking defense.DK bests Blue Devils in finale
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer
team evened its record at 7-7-2 with a 5-
victory over visiting Lawton in the final
Southwestern Athletic Conference match of
the season Monday in Delton.
The DK boys close the conference sea-
son with a 5-4-1 record. DK was scheduled
to open its MHSAA Division 3 DistrictTournament at home against Comstock
last night (Oct. 13). The winner of that
match will host a district semifinal match
against either Constantine or Parchment
next week. The district’s championship
game will be played Oct. 23 at 11 a.m. in
Delton.
Delton Kellogg honored its seniors and
parents at Monday’s contest.
Hector Jimenez scored two goals andMarshall Warner scored two goals in the DK
victory over the Blue Devils. Warner added
an assist as well. James Blackburn had a
goal and two assists. DK also got an assist
from Javier Guevara.
The Panthers were on the wrong end of a
shut out last Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Delton
falling 1-0 to visiting Fennville.
Marcus Momenee had 13 saves in goal
for Delton Kellogg in a losing effort.An 81 leaves Kaminski one stroke shy of Finals tee time
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Thornapple Kellogg senior Lane Kaminski
missed securing a spot in next weekend’s
MHSAA Division 2 Lower Peninsula Girls
Golf Finals by a single stroke Monday (Oct.
4) at Island Hills Golf Course in Centreville.
The Trojan leader scored an 81 to finish off
her varsity career. The top three teams and
top three individuals not on those teams at the
regional qualified for the state finals.
Zeeland West sophomore Rylee Smith was
the last of the three individual state qualifiers,
shooting an 80 to finish fifth overall.
The other two individual state qualifierswere in the 70s, Portage Northern’s KT
Leinwand (76) and Coldwater’s Taylor
Musselman (78).
Byron Center captured the team regional
championship with a score of 339, led by
sophomore Macie Elzinga who matched
Leinwand’s 76 through 18 holes.
Battle Creek Lakeview was second with a
347 and Gull Lake third at 355, ahead of
Zeeland West 361, St. Joseph 366,
Stevensville Lakeshore 376, Coldwater 380,
Zeeland East 386, Thornapple Kellogg 388,
Portage Northern 389, Mattawan 410,
Holland 422 and Sturgis 428.
TK freshman Ailana Leos was 14th overallwith an impressive 87. The Trojan team also
got a 107 from senior Katy Raphael and a 113
from senior Kendra Cole.
Byron Center had two girls in the 70s, with
senior Pia Ficek shooting a 77 to place third.
The Bulldogs also got a 91 from Jayda Kerns
and a 95 from Jenna Wallace to claim the
regional title.
Lakeview was led by a pair of 82s from
Annabelle Minneman and Amiyah Gibson.
Third-place Gull Lake got an 81 from senior
Annie Betts and an 83 from senior Lauryn Jerke.
The Division 2 Lower Peninsula Girls Golf
Finals will be held at Bedford Valley this
weekend, Oct. 15-16.Portage course, foes, push
Panthers to new personal bests
Brett Bremer
Sport Editor
The Delton Kellogg girls were 19th and the
DK boys 21st at the annual Portage
Invitational at Portage West Middle School
Saturday.
A field of 31 full teams and then some
pushed the Panthers to new heights up and
down the hills in Portage. Among the seven
fastest DK girls, four ran new personal
record times and another had her fastest race
of the fall.
Senior Halena Phillips led the DK ladies
with an 83rd-place time of 22 minutes 30.
seconds.
DK had the freshman duo of Johannah
Houtkooper and Lillie Steele set new person-
al records. Houtkooper was 110th in 23:06.
and Steele 123rd in 23:26.3. DK freshman
Kylie Main also ran her fastest varsity race
yet placing 156th in 24:21.5. Also in the top
five for DK was junior Joelle White who
dropped her PR down to 23:48.2 while finish-
ing in 131st place overall.
Sophomore Brea Chandler turned in a new
season best time while placing 177th in 24:51.2,
the sixth DK Panther across the finish line.
The DK girls were 19th on the day with
543 points.
Hart won the Division 3 girls’ meet with 83
points, ahead of Jackson Lumen Christi 102,
Kent City 140, Covenant Christian 143 and
Lansing Catholic 145 in the top five.
Hart sophomore Alyson Enns led her team
to the title with a winning time of 18:18.5.
Hart had two other girls in the top five, senior
Audrianna Enns who was fourth and fifth-
place finisher Jessica Jazwinski, a freshman.
Jackson Lumen Christi sophomore Madison
Osterberg ran a new personal record time of
18:23.5 to place second.
The DK boys’ team got personal record
times from each of its top four runners and
season bests from its five and six runners.
Junior Micah Martin led DK in the Division
3 boys’ race with a 79th-place time of 18:37.6.
Junior Isaac Shepard set his PR at 19:11.
while placing 105th and senior Caden Ferris
lowered his PR to 19:28.3 in a 121st-place run.
DK senior Eli Austin, senior Austin
Blocker and junior Brett Harsevoort were in
a pack coming in. Austin set a PR with his
175th-place time of 20:22.7. Blocker finished
181 st in 20:26.1 and Harsevoort 183rd in
20:27.8, both setting new season best marks.
The DK boys were 21st with 545 points
out of 30 full Division 3 boys’ teams.
The D3 boys’ title went to the Traverse
City St. Francis team that scored 95 points.
The top five also included Hart with 139
points, Calvin Christian 149, Covenant
Christian 193 and Lansing Catholic 205.
Benzie Central junior Hunter Jones ran his
fastest race yet to win the boys’ race in
14:52.3. He didn’t really have anyone on his
heels. Bryan senior Joshuah Taylor was the
runner-up in 15:39.1, and Manton senior
Noah Marrow set a new personal record at
15:44.6 to place third. Those were the three
guys to break the 16-minute mark at the race.MICHAEL KINNEY
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& InsuredLakewood freshman setter Abby Pickard flings the ball over the net for a side out
during her team's semifinal match with Forest Hills Northern at the Lakewood
Invitational Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer)Lakewood blockers Maradith O’Gorman (10), Ellie Possehn (2) and Alivia Everitt
team up in an effort to slow down an attack by Forest Hills Northern junior Kennedy
Louisell during the championship semifinals of Saturday’s Lakewood Invitational.
(Photo by Brett Bremer)
Delton Kellogg defender Caden Ferris(29) and goalie Marcus
Momenee guard their net during the chaos of a corner kick
Wednesday, Oct. 6, against Fennville in Delton. (Photo by Perry
Hardin)Delton Kellogg’s Martin Wachowski looks to fire the ball up
the right side during his team’s match with Fennville Wednesday
(Oct. 6) in Delton. (Photo by Perry Hardin)